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Values among 30 countries

Indicator metadata and score calculation

Definition:	Unemployment rate, age group 15-64 years.
Year:	2023
Unit:	Percent
Direction:	Low values translate into high scores
Source 1:	Eurostat
Data for:	AUT, BEL, CZE, DNK, EST, FIN, FRA, DEU, GRC, HUN, IRL, ITA, LVA, LTU, NLD, NOR, POL, PRT, SVK, SVN, ESP, SWE, CHE
Annotation:	Eurostat: Dataset: Unemployment rates by sex, age and country of birth (%) [lfsa_urgacob] URL: https://ec.europa.eu/eurosta… extracted 2024/08/28.
Source 2:	OECD
Data for:	AUS, CAN, ISR, JPN, NZL, GBR, USA
Annotation:	OECD: Dataset: Employment and unemployment by five-year age group and sex - indicators URL: https://data-explorer.oecd.o… extracted 2024/08/28.

Calculation:	Long-term data series were used to set appropriate minimum and maximum values.
Minimum:	0
Maximum:	16.33625
/	Below/Above IQR boundary value. See FAQ for further information.
Distance:	Distance=(value for calculation-minimum)/(maximum-minimum)
Score:	Score=10-relative distance*9

Top group

Score

Unemployment Rate

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Czechia

8.6

2.60

Japan

8.5

2.72

Upper middle group

Poland

8.4

2.90

Germany

8.2

3.20

Israel

8.1

3.50

Netherlands

8.1

3.50

Slovenia

8.0

3.60

Norway

8.0

3.70

USA

8.0

3.70

Australia

7.9

3.75

7.9

3.76

New Zealand

7.9

3.90

Switzerland

7.7

4.10

Hungary

7.7

4.20

Ireland

7.6

4.40

Austria

7.1

5.20

Denmark

7.1

5.20

Canada

7.0

5.48

Belgium

6.9

5.60

Slovakia

6.7

5.90

Estonia

6.4

6.60

Portugal

6.3

6.70

Latvia

6.3

6.80

Lithuania

6.1

7.10

Finland

6.0

7.30

France

5.9

7.40

Italy

5.7

7.80

Sweden

5.7

7.80

Lower middle group

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Greece

3.8

11.20

Spain

3.2

12.30

Bottom group

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